ACHAEMENID EMPIRE GOLD DARIC – 5th CENTURY ISSUE – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED PERSIAN COIN (Inv. 19791)

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19791. PERSIA. ACHAEMENID EMPIRE. ARTAXERXES I–XERXES II, ca. 485–420 BC.
Gold Daric, 8.24 g, 15 mm. Issue of Sardes.
Obv. King running right, wearing tall turreted crown, carrying bow and spear, small quiver on shoulder. Rev. Incuse punch.
Carradice Type IIIb, group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, Administration, 321; BMC Arabia, pl. XXIV, 26; Sunrise 24.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, lustrous and nicely centered.